# Efrain (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/efrain/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,586 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 18,557 / 29 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Anglicized spelling of Spanish Efraín. Doublet of Ephraim.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 5 | 10,050 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,196 |
| 1979 | 6 | 9,314 |
| 1982 | 7 | 8,480 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11,242 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 229 | 897 |
| 2012 | 237 | 884 |
| 2013 | 221 | 925 |
| 2014 | 218 | 967 |
| 2015 | 188 | 1,060 |
| 2016 | 170 | 1,139 |
| 2017 | 193 | 1,042 |
| 2018 | 164 | 1,170 |
| 2019 | 143 | 1,297 |
| 2020 | 147 | 1,256 |
| 2021 | 149 | 1,273 |
| 2022 | 144 | 1,309 |
| 2023 | 139 | 1,359 |
| 2024 | 126 | 1,439 |
| 2025 | 118 | 1,494 |

## People named Efrain

- Efraín Ríos Montt, former de facto President of Guatemala, army general, genocida and former president of Con
- Efraín Sánchez, Colombian footballer (1926-2020)
- Efrain Rintaro, Brazilian association football player
- Efrain Morales, Bolivian-American soccer player
- Efraín Cortés, Colombian footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.